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Sponsored by Social Science Conferences Inc, a public charity chartered in North Carolina. |
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KNOW = Knowledge Networking On the Web |
MISSION: A public charity
devoted to improving the quality of human life through science and education,
the Center for Human Science hopes to stimulate breakthroughs in understanding
the dynamics of how individuals and groups of all sizes evolve and change over
space and time in the context of natural, human-built, and social environments.
It plans to accomplish this by establishing a multidisciplinary community of
promising researchers and tasking them to develop a coherent perspective on
human science by creating Introduction to Human Science, an online course supplement.
Three houses and two cottages located on a wooded 1.5 acre property in the Vance-McCauley Street historic district of Chapel Hill are used for educational, scientific, and cultural programs in support of Human Science, broadly defined as the set of behavioral, cognitive, policy, and social sciences, especially in their trans- or meta-disciplinary aspects.
The Center supports a program of fellowships and grants and is actively developing the Human Science Network, a web-based facility for communication, research, and teaching in human science.
The Julie Gatewood Latané Houses, two historic frame houses and a cottage located at 219 & 223 McCauley Street, provide subsidized communal housing during the academic year for selected graduate students in Human Science. Julie Gatewood Latané Fellows are selected for their common interests in promoting the acquisition of knowledge to benefit society. Fellows live in proximity to colleagues in related disciplines while having the opportunity to participate in weekly seminars and Center projects. To find out more, click here.
The Center Clubrooms at 212B Vance Street are always open to Fellows and include a media room, library, computer lab, office equipment, game room and swimming pool.
The Henry Allen Latané House, a two story brick house located at 212 Vance Street, provides housing for the Chair Bibb Latane and facilities for receptions, seminars, workshops and other educational, scientific, and cultural meetings. Sit-down dinners for up to 18 people can be served in the dining room, and many more can be accommodated in a buffet format. For reservations, contact the Center Manager.
The Felicité Gillman Bibb Cottage, a compact but comfortable one-bedroom single-story brick structure, is available for Visiting Faculty (individual or couple) for up to a semester. To find out more, click here.
Parking at the Center is available for Fellows and grantees. To find out more, click here.
Knowledge Networking on the Web. The Center's innovative KNOW system makes it possible to create online modules to present, collect, organize, and store information. To find out more, click here.
Grants for Teaching, Research, and Publication are available to graduate students and faculty at UNC and elsewhere who wish to discover how to use KNOW to create their own projects. To find out more, click here.